1/32 Nationals 2022
Sunday’s racing was the National Club Team championships. A big thank you to our sponsors SCD and a special thank you to Christine for the catering. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped run the meeting
There were 10 teams racing, 9 Club Teams plus one team using a driver from another
area. Each 4 driver team has a total of 3 hours running time -
The early leaders were Rockingham from Leicester and GSR. By quarter distance
Luton A were a lap ahead of GSR, Netley held 5th ahead of Luton B, Fylde and Skyline.
GSR then decided their motor wasn’t quick enough, the pit stop to change motors
dropped them to 6th but gave them a quicker car.
By half distance Rockingham had
39 laps lead on Leicester who were just 5 up on Luton A. GSR had recovered to 4th
ahead of Netley, Fylde and Luton B, while Oaklands were on the same lap as Skyline.
GSR took another lengthy pit stop which dropped them to 8th but gave them a car
that set the 2 fastest segments of the entire race. Another team with a lengthy pit
stop just after half way was NERCS, new motor brushes revived the car for one segment
but eventually they retired.
Rockingham’s lead was up to 59 laps from Leicester
as the race entered its last quarter. The now very rapid GSR had nearly caught Luton
A who had been delayed by a pit stop. Netley continued their steady progress in
5th with Fylde just 3 laps in arrears.
Several of the teams were suffering slowing
cars in the final part of the race, but the Rockingham team finished off matching
their fastest segment to win the race they had led all the way by 102 laps from Leicester
who were 64 laps up on GSR. The gaps in the midfield were rather smaller, that group
were headed by Luton A and Netley. Skyline passed Fylde for 6th in the final segment
while Oaklands passed the ailing Luton B car for 8th.
Thanks to everybody for a great week end’s racing, that completes this year’s national companionships, drivers will soon be running in area meetings to qualify for the 2023 1/32 Nationals at Corby on the Mayday bank holiday weekend.
The team cars were photographed and weighed before the start -
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10th NERCS
8th Oaklands
6th Skyline
81.5gm
Leicester
Champions
Rockingham SCC
Chris Clements, James Cleave, Gavin Wills, Nick Clements
1667.05 laps
Second
Leicester SCC (Enderby)
Graham Woodward, Chris and Christopher Aldridge, Ben Woodward
1564.92 laps
Third
GSR Racing
Ross Grogan, Will Stemman, Josh Bryant, Keith Gibson
1499 laps
4th Luton A
82.4 gm
83.2gm
82.0 gm
5th Netley 86.1 gm
7th Fylde 80.5 gm
84.4 gm
9th Luton B 80.6 gm
80.4 gm
SCD Club Team Championship
4th December
81.5 gm
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